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Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Allocation of Targets to Training Partners Subject to Smart Accreditation
E-Marketing Support to States for High Quality Products Made by Self Help Groups
National Workshop on Accreditation of Training Centres for Providing Handholding Support to States Organised
The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission  organised a one day national workshop on accreditation of training centres on Skill Management & Accreditation of Training Centre  portal and stressed that from the next financial year, allocation of targets to trading partners would be subject to their SMART accreditation. The states were advised to start the process of accreditation immediately, if not already done so. The workshop was attended by representatives from the states, National Skill Development Corporation  and TPs. It aimed at providing handholding support to the states for streamlining the accreditation process on SMART and addressing any other specific query, especially in respect to Employment through Skill Training & Placement  component of DAY-NULM. The technical session on SMART portal was conducted by representatives from National Skill Development Corporation.
The state representatives were urged to take full benefit of this workshop so that they are able to provide further handholding support to other stakeholders in the statesand emphasised on delivery of quality training programmes on ground and role of TPs in ensuring the same.
In the later part of the day, a dedicated session on e-marketing of high quality products made by Self Help Groups  was also undertaken with the states. The session, which was also attended by representatives from various e-commerce portals, was important considering that DAY-NULM envisages facilitating on-boarding of SHG products on e- commerce platforms to provide them access to bigger and emerging markets. The salient features in the proposed MoU with these e-commerce portals were also discussed along with the expected roles of stakeholders involved.
The deliberations in the workshop will be useful in effective implementation of the Mission on ground in line with the overall objective to create sustainable livelihoods for urban poor and addressing their social and occupational vulnerabilities.
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission  is one of the flagship schemes of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs that works towards alleviating urban poverty through strong community institutions, skill training, access to affordable credit for self-employment, support for street vendors and provision of shelters for the urban homeless.
Ministry of Culture
Special programme organised at Haripura in Surat in Gujarat to mark celebration of 125th birth anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
The 125th birth anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was celebrated today as Parakram Diwas at Haripura village in Surat district of Gujarat. An exhibition by NGMA of Ministry of Culture has also been organised which was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijay Rupani. The exhibition comprises of the famous Haripura panels made by Nand Lal Bose for the Congress session at Haripura where Netaji was made thePresident. 40 of these panels have been displayed in the exhibition. On this occasion, a cultural programme was also organised by West Zone Cultural Centre of Ministry of Culture. 45 artists of Gujarat and Chhattisgarh presented traditional dances, Ganesh Vandana and dance in pandavani style of Chhattisgarh as a part of this cultural programme.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Shri Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooporation launches the "Dairy Sahakar" scheme
Scheme launched at Anand, Gujarat today, during the 75th Foundation Year celebrations of Amul
Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel, Chief Minister of Gujarat present on the occasion
Shri Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooporation launched the "Dairy Sahakar" scheme at Anand, Gujarat today, during the function organised by Amul for celebration of 75th Foundation Year of Amul. Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel, Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri B.L. Verma, Minister of State for Cooperation, Government of India, Shri Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State for Communications, Government of India, Shri Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, Shri Devendra Kumar Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India, Shri Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, Shri Sundeep Nayak, MD, National Cooperative Development Corporation  , elected representatives and other high dignitaries of Govt of Gujarat and Amul were present on the occasion.
The Dairy Sahakar with a total investment of Rs 5000 crore will be implemented by NCDC under Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India to realize the vision, “from cooperation to prosperity". Under Dairy Sahakar, financial support will be extended by NCDC to eligible cooperatives for activities such as bovine development, milk procurement, processing, quality assurance, value addition,branding,packaging,marketing,transportation and storage of milk and milk products, exports of dairy products within the overall objectives of "Doubling the farmers income" and "Atmanirbhar Bharat. There will also be a convergence with various schemes of Government of India and / or of State Government/UT Administration/ Development agencies/ bilateral/multilateral assistance/ CSR mechanism is encouraged
.
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying under Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India is also implementing various schemes for development of the Animal Husbandry and dairy sector. This Dairy Sahakar will supplement the existing efforts for streghtening the dairy sector in the country.
Ministry of Power
PFC & REC extend Financial Assistance of Rs. 8520 Crore to STPL’s
2x660 MW Buxar Thermal Power Project
Power Finance Corporation Ltd. , India's leading NBFC focused on the power sector and a PSU under Ministry of Power, along with REC Ltd.  executed Memorandum of Understanding  with SJVN Thermal  Ltd.  for Extending Term Loan of Rs. 8520.46 Crore for 2x660 MW Buxar Thermal Power Project on 26th November 2020 at New Delhi.
STPL is a wholly owned subsidiary of SJVN Limited and executing the project. The 2x660 MW Thermal project is expected to be commissioned in FY 2023-24 and generate approximately 9828 Million Units of energy to meet the future power requirement of Bihar and other States.
The signing of the MoU took place at PFC, New Delhi on 26th November 2020 in the presence of Shri Ravinder Singh Dhillon, CMD, PFC, Shri P.K. Singh, Director  & add. Charge Director , PFC, Shri N. L. Sharma, CMD, SJVN, Shri A. K Singh, Director , SJVN. Among others present were CEO & CFO of STPL, Executive Director , PFC, senior officers of PFC & REC and other delegates.
PFC has a long standing relationship with SJVN and funding of this upcoming thermal project will further strengthen the relationship between these two entities.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
5 Crore hospital admissions authorized under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
Free Treatment worth Rs. 61,501 Crore provided under AB PM-JAY scheme till date
23.39 crore beneficiaries verified under the PM-JAY scheme can avail free treatment worth up to Rs. 5 Lakh at any of the 28,351 empanelled hospitals across the country
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana  achieved a milestone of 5 crore hospital admissions amounting to Rs 61,501 crore under the scheme. The flagship scheme being implemented by the National Health Authority  provides health cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to 12 Crore beneficiary families.
Elaborating on the achievement, CEO, NHA said – “AB PM-JAY was launched with the vision to achieve Universal Health Coverage. Currently in its fifth year of implementation, the scheme is helping crores of beneficiaries from poor and vulnerable families by reducing the out-of-pocket expenditure for medical treatments. Consistent efforts have helped achieve several milestones for PM-JAY in the current year. From issuing 9.28 crore Ayushman Cards to scheme beneficiaries to achieving 100% allocated fund utilization and authorization of 1.65 crore hospital admissions, the year 2022-23 has been full of accomplishments for the scheme.”
AB PM-JAY is being implemented in 33 States and Union Territories  except for Delhi, Odisha, and West Bengal. Till date, 23.39 crore beneficiaries have been verified and issued Ayushman Cards for availing free treatment under the scheme. Under AB PM-JAY, the beneficiaries are issued co-branded PVC Ayushman Card.
The PM-JAY empanelled hospital network consists of 28,351 hospitals  across the country. During the year 2022-23, approximately 56% of the total admissions  have been authorised in private hospitals while 44% of the admissions have been authorised in the public hospitals.
The AB PM-JAY beneficiaries can avail treatment corresponding to a total of 1,949 procedures under 27 different specialties. The top tertiary care specialities under which treatments has been availed by beneficiaries till date are medical oncology , emergency care, orthopaedic and urology .
Further, under the scheme, a conscious effort has been made to ensure gender equity in access to quality healthcare. As a result of the conducive policies, approximately 49% of Ayushman Card recipients are women and over 48% of total authorized hospital admissions under AB PM-JAY scheme have been availed by women. Also, over 141 medical procedures under PM-JAY are exclusively earmarked for women.
More details about AB PM-JAY scheme implementation here: https://dashboard.pmjay.gov.in/
AYUSH
Process to grant licence to ASU manufacturers becomes swifter, paperless and more transparent
The Ministry of Ayush has made the process to grant the license to manufacture Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani  drugs swift, paperless and more transparent by bringing the application system online.
The manufacturers can now save the trouble of making physical presence at the office of the licensing authority and can now apply for the license online at www.e-aushadhi.gov.in. The Ministry of Ayush issued a gazette order notifying the implementation of the Drugs  Rules 2021, with effect from 1st October, 2021.
The license of the ASU drugs has been made perpetual i.e. with one-time registration fee the license of the product will be valid lifetime subject to online submission of self-compliance declaration every year or unless suspended or cancelled. While prior to the notification it had a validity period of 5 years.
The applicants will only have to get their Good Manufacturing Practices certification validated every five years to keep their license in force. The GMP certificate can also be retained with online submission of retention fee of Rs. 1000. The manufacturing unit of the ASU drugs will be subjected to inspection in a randomized manner every 5 years. Since the validity of the license has been increased, the license fee has also been revised from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 for any number of generic ASU drugs and Rs. 3000 for upto 10 proprietary ASU drugs.
The Ministry has also reduced the maximum time in granting the license from three months to two months.
For six months from the date of gazette notification, both online and offline application process will co-exist before it turns completely online.
Making the application system online will bring uniformity in the whole process. The Ministry of Ayush will act as a facilitator in the licensing process.
These reforms/ measures will reduce the regulatory compliance burden on the ASU Drugs manufacturers with the intention to bring in ease of doing business while ensuring the quality, safety and efficacy of the ASU drugs.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Development of new crops
1017 varieties of 69 field crops and 206 varieties of 58 horticultural crops have been developed since 2018
The National Agricultural Research System  under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research  comprising of ICAR Institutes and State/Central Agricultural Universities are involved in development of new high yielding and biotic/abiotic stress tolerant crop varieties of field and horticultural crops. During last 3 years  and current year, 1017 varieties of 69 field crops and 206 varieties of 58 horticultural crops have been developed.
ICAR has a strong network of All India Coordinated Research Projects / All India Network Projects , coordinated by different ICAR institutes, which are operational in the various Central and State Agricultural Universities and ICAR institutes for development of new crop varieties of field and horticultural crops. Presently, 44 AICRPs/AINPs of field and horticultural crops are operational through 50 SAUs/CAUs/DUs and 55 ICAR institutes across the country at 1017 locations.
ICAR has sanctioned Rs. 3340.32 crores for these research Institutes/ universities during 2018-19 to 2021-22 and Rs. 2420.32 crores have been utilized till 2020-21.
This information was given by Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
We are rectifying mistakes of history which didn't honour deserving leaders and warriors: PM
History of India is not only the history written by colonial powers or those with colonial mindset: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that as we enter the 75th year of the country’s independence it becomes all the more important to remember the contribution of the historical heroes and heroin that have made immense contribution to the country. He lamented the fact that the people who sacrificed their all for India and Indianness have not been given their due in the history books. These irregularities and injustice against the makers of Indian history by the writers of Indian history are now being corrected as we are entering the 75th year of our Independence. Remembering their contribution becomes all the more important at this juncture, said the Prime Minister. He was speaking after he laid the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial and development work of Chittaura Lake at Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh via video conference today.
The Prime Minister emphasized history of India is not only the history written by colonial powers or those with colonial mindset. Indian History is what has been nurtured by the common people in their folklore and taken forward by the generations.
The Prime Minister asked whether the first Prime Minister of Azad Hind Government, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has been given the place that he deserves. Shri Modi said that we have recognized Neta ji by strengthening his identity from Red fort to Andaman Nicobar.
Similarly, the Prime Minister said that treatment to the unifier of more than 500 princely states, Saradar Patel is also well known. Today, Statue of Unity, the world’s tallest statue is of Sardar Patel.
Key architect of the Constitution and voice of the exploited, deprived and downtrodden, Baba Saheb Ambedkar was always looked through political prism. Today, all places associated with Dr Ambedkar from India to England are being developed as PanchTeerth. “There are innumerable personalities who were not recognized due to various reasons. Can we forget what happened with the bravehearts of Chauri Chaura?” asked the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister said that Maharaja Suheldev’s contribution to protect Indianness was similarly ignored. Maharaja Suheldev has been kept alive in the hearts of people by the folklore of Awadh, Tarai and Poorvanchal despite being ignored by the textbooks. The Prime Minister recalled his contribution as a sensitive and development oriented ruler.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur will confer the National Youth Awards 2017-18 and 2018-19 to 22 awardees at Vigyan Bhawan on 12th August
MOS Shri Nisith Pramanik will give away awards to winners of S.O.L.V.E.D Challenge
Key Highlight
- Total 14 awards for NYA 2017-18 and 8 awards for NYA 2018-19 will be given
- The award comprises of a medal, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000/- to individual and a cash prize of Rs. 3,00,000/- to organization respectively
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur will confer the National Youth Awards 2017-18 and 2018-19 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on 12th August 2021. Commemorating the International Youth Day 2021, ten young winning entrepreneur teams of the agri-enterprise challenge S.O.L.V.E.D 2021  will be felicitated by Minister of State Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Nisith Pramanik.
Total 22 National Youth awards will be given in individual and organisations categories. Total 14 awards will be given for NYA 2017-18, which includes 10 awards in individual category and 4 awards in Organization category. Total 8 awards will be given for NYA 2018-19 which includes 7 awards in individual category and 1 award in Organization category. The award comprises of a medal, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000/- to individual and a cash prize of Rs. 3,00,000/- to organization respectively.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Department of Youth Affairs confers the National Youth Awards  on individuals  and organizations for excellent work and contribution in different fields of development and social service such as health, promotion of human rights, active citizenship, community service etc.
The objective of the awards is to motivate young persons to achieve excellence in the field of national development and social service, to encourage young people to develop a sense of responsibility to the community and thus to improve their own personal potential as good citizens and to give recognition to the outstanding work done by voluntary organizations working with the youth for national development including social service.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with United Nations Volunteers and United Nations Development Program had launched the S.O.L.V.E.D Challenge in December 2020 for youth from rural, sub-urban and urban India, to identify and nurture innovative, youth-led entrepreneurial solutions in the agri-food value chain. Over 850 youth applied from across India and after many rounds of contests and training, 10 winners emerged from a spread of states including Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Gujarat.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets Israeli PM H. E. Naftali Bennett and people of Israel on Hanukkah
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted Israeli Prime Minister, H. E. Naftali Bennett, people of Israel and the Jewish people around the world on Hanukkah.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Hanukkah Sameach Prime Minister @naftalibennett, to you and to the friendly people of Israel, and the Jewish people around the world observing the 8-day festival of lights."
Ministry of Heavy Industries
Capacity Building of CPSEs
Department of Public Enterprises  has taken several initiatives during the last five years for capacity building of Central Public Sector Enterprises . These include:
 Professionalization of the Boards of CPSEs through filling up vacant positions of Non-
official Directors 
 Monitoring of CAPEX of selected CPSEs and sending monthly report to PMO
 Issue guidelines on personnel, wage matters, performance improvement and evaluation
 Granting autonomy and financial delegation to CPSE under corporate governance
 Organizing trainings, workshops and orientation programmes
Details of such programmesorganized by DPE during the last 5 years are given below:
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Year
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Number of training programmes / workshops /orientation programme
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Number of officers/employees of CPSEs and State Level Public Enterprises
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2014-15
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13
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462
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2015-16
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24
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1532
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2016-17
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34
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2009
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2017-18
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32
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1584
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2018-19
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39
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1815
The details of total short term and long term loans of CPSEs based on the Public Enterprises Surveys for the financial years 2014-15 to 2018-19 also laid in the Parliament are given below:
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Year
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Short and long term debts

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2014-15
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11,00,459.83
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2015-16
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1,171,767.40
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2016-17
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12,43,187.87
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2017-18
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14,76,798.80
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2018-19
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17,20,587.98
DPE had issued Guidelines dated 29.10.2015 for Streamlining the mechanism for revival and restructuring of sick / incipient sick and weak CPSEs: General principles and mechanism of restructuring.As per these guidelines, the administrative Ministries / Departments concerned are responsible for monitoring the performance of CPSEs functioning under them and taking timely measures for revival/ restructuring of sick/loss making CPSEs on a case to case basis.
This information was given by the Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Prakash Javadekar, in a written reply in theLok Sabha today.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Insurance Premium of Vehicles
The Parliament has recently passed the Motor Vehicles  Act, 2019. Section 51 of the Motor Vehicles  Act, 2019 provides for substitution of Chapter XI in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 wherein section 147 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for “Requirement of Policies and limits of liability” reads as- “Notwithstanding anything contained under any other law for the time being in force, for the purposes of third party insurance related to either death of a person or grievous hurt to a person, the Central Government shall prescribe a base premium and the liability of an insurer in relation to such premium for an insurance policy under sub-section  in consultation with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority”. The Ministry has made operational around 60 provisions of the Motor Vehicles  Act, 2019 with effect from 1st of September 2019 vide SO 3110 dated 28th August, 2019 and SO 3147 dated 30th August, 2019.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.